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Document number:&PL22.16/12-0139 = WG21 N3449\\
Date:           &2012-09-23                  \\
Project:        &Programming Language C++    \\
Reference:      &ISO/IEC IS 14882:2003       \\
Reply to:       &Bjarne Stroustrup           \\
                &Texas A\&M University       \\
                &bs@cse.tamu.edu             \\
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